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June 2018

June 24, 2018

Whatever Happened to Parental Rights? Alfie Evans and Immigrant Children

For those who find it a challenge to see "us" in "them," I would suggest...

June 22, 2018

What Does the Gospel Teach Us About Property and Illegal Immigration?

There's very little sacrifice asked of us to welcome the stranger. We live in a...

June 12, 2018

White Folks Need to Watch Black Panther

We love racial justice stories when we get to swoop in and save everyone, but...

June 11, 2018

The Western Canon, Incels, and a Problem with Pedagogy

How many professors at the kind of schools that emphasize the canon are willing to...

June 07, 2018

Flowers For Virginia: A Visit to Monk’s House

We’d spent the day in places haunted by ghosts, ghosts who comfort us, with their...

June 06, 2018

No, #MeToo is Not the Fault of the Sexual Revolution

It’s a poor argument that contraception is bad because it will lead to the objectification...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

The Stories Our Bodies Tell: Beyond the Theology of the Singular Body

Defining women via receptivity means bracketing out whole categories of deeply personal, bodily, spiritual, and...

May 22, 2018

“Don’t Talk Politics!” – A Privilege That Perpetuates Injustice

The price of justice for the oppressed is set so low, it is valued less...

May 17, 2018

“I’ll Eat You Up, I Love You So”: Religion Where The Wild Things Are

There’s a long tradition of Catholics being accused of cannibalism, eating our own God, and...

May 14, 2018

Where Are the Poor in the Spectacle of the Church?

If there was any scandal in the Met Gala, it is that when the world...

May 04, 2018

Catholics Have No Excuses for Justifying Cover-Ups

We have seen clearly what happens when communities and religious organizations cover-up sexual assault.

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Why Supporting Local Agriculture is Pro-Life

We can’t ignore the injustice that’s built into our mass produced food system.

April 13, 2018

NFP and the Cookie-Cutter Woman

It’s only in the area of sexuality – this private, intimate, vulnerable region – that...

April 07, 2018

Media Bias Against Pro-lifers?

It’s not bias when pro-lifers are doing exactly what the media accuses them of doing

April 05, 2018

We Praise Our Past Heroes – Once It’s Safe to Do So

Dr. King and the civil rights leaders were kicking against the traces, making people uncomfortable....

March 2018

March 29, 2018

A Problem With Privilege in Abortion Rhetoric

I wonder whether one day we in rich, spoiled America will look back in horror...

March 24, 2018

Stories About Women Perpetuate the Myth of Incompleteless

There is no reason why we shouldn’t have stories about women doing exciting things with...

March 19, 2018

So You Have a Problem With Diversity….

Do you see the presupposition behind this? It’s that non-diversity is natural, organic, and better.

March 12, 2018

A Dispute Over “Color Blind” Casting Leads to Racist Attacks on Teens

What bothers me most in both this case, and the case of the Parkland students,...

March 11, 2018

Why Does the Right Hate Intersectionality?

The thing about intersectionality is that it refutes what-about-ism.

March 09, 2018

Making Ourselves Less of Ourselves

we’re still being constrained by the voices in our head to make ourselves smaller, take...

March 02, 2018

We’re Letting the Bullies Call the Shots

Last summer, I was informed that my contract to teach English Literature at Franciscan University...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

Trump Is Just A Symptom, Not A Cause

The problem in short, for Epstein and his like, is that Trump takes what they...

February 24, 2018

Arming Teachers is a Bad Idea

Teachers did not sign on to be armed resisters. They signed on to be teachers.

February 21, 2018

The Tide Is Turning

Young people have had enough. From Tallahassee to Washington, while politicians mumbled the usual platitudes...

February 21, 2018

Opposing Gun Violence is Not an “Agenda”

If people who grew up shooting and owning guns can see the clear need for...

February 15, 2018

Yes, We Have a Gun Problem

It’s not just the criminals having access to guns that I worry about: it’s the...

February 12, 2018

White Supremacy is Not Mere “Difference of Opinion”

If the one thing you’re willing to tolerate is white supremacy, I'm going to take...

February 10, 2018

In Defending Life, Draw the Circle Wide

A true ethic of life means drawing the circle of "what lives are owed protection"...

February 07, 2018

How Safe Can Our Art Be?

There's sacrifice demanded by art, but this doesn't mean you sacrifice the lives of others...